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You can save time not going into your tackle box and putting a new Fluke on. Also, if I can make a bag last twice as long, that's money saved for me.

O. That could work too I think.

True, but wouldn't an aluminum shock absorb the damage and save the lower unit, while a stainless steel one might transfer more of it into the lower unit potentially ruining it?

Yes, but because they are smaller I think you would get less grip and lose more. Why? More effective at catching fish?

Im good as in keep driving it or it needs to be fixed?

Was backing out from the dock on a lake that I've fished for years and never had any problems. It is a really popular lake and has tons of boats use it a day. Can't believe there was a rock there. It seemed to damage the prop and not the skeg. How bad is it? Do I need a new prop? I saw a video on Evinrude's website where a guy used a wrench and 2 hammers to bend back these blades. Could I do that and avoid the mechanic? Anyone know what size prop this boat uses? I would like to get an aluminum prop and put that on this.

Success!!!! Love catching fish on a lure I made or modified to work. Topwater bite sucked today. Had a bunch of sunnies hitting this on the splashdown and a good bass in lilypads that I missed. In open water no bites and my bro didn't get any bites with a Whopper Plopper on a lake that we've been killing it with the Whopper Plopper. Finally, right before we left threw it out on open water and caught this nice bass. It hit it, missed, I kept reeling steadily and it hit it again about a foot from the missed strike. I'd say that this homemade version you don't want to reel in too fast or too slow. You have to find the right speed. May try a larger o ring as recommended.

T-Rigging and skinning the hook under the fluke's skin once you poke through is one of the most common ways of making them weedless.....until you catch a few fish and can't skin them anymore. - You could do it this way and use a weedless hook. What way do you rig them to make them weedless where you fish?

I always battle between using weightless Senko's with tubing or Zoom Super Flukes for docks and open water fishing. Right now I'm using the flukes a lot. Will I go back to the Senkos, not until I stop catching fish on the flukes I guess.

I love using Zoom Super Flukes, especially under docks. However, it seemed that with weightless Texas Rigging the hole where the hook goes through the fluke would eventually get tore up and allow the hook to poke through too much ruining it's weedlessnes and it would start fouling a lot on weeds. I saw a video on here posted by another Bass Resource'r that showed using a medium Owner CPS Twistlock to nosehook the fluke like a Banjo Minnow. It seemed great so I tried it. However, I lost 3 CPS Twistlocks because the opening was just too big for the hook. They weren't lost fighting fish, just during casting. Since I didn't want to change the hook or Twistlock size I had to find a way to keep it on. Owner CPS Twistlocks aren't cheap, so I wanted to avoid losing them. I thought about it and tried putting on some Heat Shrink Tubing on the hook first, then adding the Twistlock, and then putting the rest of the heat shrink over the hook and cutting the excess heat shrink. We tried it out today and if worked great. Caught a lot of sunnies and largemouth including this 3.5lber. Didn't lose any more Flukes or Twistlocks. Also, for some reason this seems to be more weedless than any other way I've tried rigging Super Flukes, including T-Rigging. What you need: 1.) Zoom Super Fluke 2.) 1/8" inch Heat Shrink 3.) Owner Twistlock CPS - medium size 4.) Hook of your choice (I like 2/0 Owner Mosquito Hooks)

I found that the 130 is really a big lure and feels like you're casting a muskie lure which wears you out. The 110 doesn't feel like that. I thought the 90 was worthless too because it doesn't seem to have as great as action as the 110 and 130, but we were forced to use it because underwater weeds close to the surface were fouling the 110 but the 90 was light enough that on splashdown it wasn't getting fouled. Caught a ton of fish on the 90 on different trips and my brother likes the 90 over the 110, so there's that. We also use only baitcasting rods with the WPs and have no problems. Also, backing the boat out from the dock today on a lake that I've done a ton of times hit some rock I've never seen before and screwed up my stainless steel prop on my 2014 Evinrude Etec......so don't feel bad about losing 1 lure. lol. It could always be worse.

Dang! Rough! But an amazing sight and story! Whopper Plopper is my new favorite lure too because I love topwater more than anything and the WP is a straight up killer. Just look at this as an opportunity to buy a new one, in 110 size!

What about a bait hooked like this with an Owner CPS, do you think the single hook would work well?

So is hooked in the hard stuff bad I assume? Maybe they are made to hook in the hard stuff so the hook can't backout.....?

These hooks have an interesting concept. I believe that they have a 90' degree bend so that once a fish is hooked it can't throw the hook and get off. I wonder if anyone has tried them yet and if so, what you think about them.

Man, you fished 4 days a week! You're lucky! I didn't fish that much when I was single. lol.

Why?

I'd say that if you are one this forum you are. It means that you have the free time and at least some spending money to go fishing. And if you have a considerate spouse. I do and am so fortunate. This is a text conversation I had with her earlier. It reminds me of this song. Don't forget to be grateful and appreciate what you have guys. It can all change in an instant. If you have an amazing spouse, make sure you tell them. What's funny is that like this song I got a new rod and reel this year. Can't complain about anything.

I thought that too....but maybe if it rides too high it won't work. If you're pulling up on the nose when reeling in and the tail is pushed down into the water perhaps it will give it the right amount of resistance to give it that plop, plop, plop of the Whopper Plopper sound that it's supposed to. Not a huge problem. If I need to add a larger O ring it's a quick and cheap fix.

I caught a lot of fish using the Rage Bug like a hollow body frog over pads and stuff. Weird, but it worked great that way. Weightless T-Rigged.

My bad. I only need knob.

Yep, obviously this homemade version is not the exact same as a real Teckel Sprinker Frog. This is just what the guys at 44 Tackle made and had success with, so I thought people might want to try making their own and save some money or have a temporary one until the real Sprinker frogs come out. They even sell this exact homemade kit on their online store. It's called the "swimming tadpole". Ironically their kit with the Booyah Pad Crasher Jr. costs $13.99, as much as an original Teckel Sprinker Frog. http://www.fishingsupercenter.com/44-tackle-swimming-tadpole-rig Did you use all of the exact same components that 44 Tackle did and it didn't work? Here is a video of 44 Tackle's homemade Sprinker Frog in action.

Tell us how it goes!

Have one, quite long and never gotten any bites on it. Also not weedless. This is actually the one I have, hooks are like a regular hollowbody, up against the body. Bobby's Perfect Buzz.

I know this is lure is currently very hot as people are waiting for it to come in stock in many stores. Those who have gotten their hands on them and tried them really seem to like them and they seem to catch a lot of fish. They seem to have all the benefits of the Whopper Plopper with the addition of being weedless. I love my Whopper Ploppers but as the summer goes on a lot of the lakes I fish go from very short weeds to surface weeds making use of the Whopper Plopper all but impossible. I think the Teckle Sprinker Frog will find great success the same way the Whopper Plopper has because not only is it effective it is easy for anyone to use, all you need to do is cast it out and retrieve it back. Anyone can do it. Even after 8 years of bass fishing and being able to walk the dog with a Zara Spook well I still can't for the life of me make a hollowbody frog walk the dog and I know a lot of other people have the same problem. The Teckle Sprinker Frog may fix this problem for many people and make weedless hollowbody frogs one of their favorite baits. I have had a lot of success with Ragetail toads which are a cast and retrieve bait similar to the Teckel Sprinker Frog, however, after a fish or two the lure gets torn up and you can't hide the hook anymore and it stops being weedless. I have Teckel Sprinker Frogs on order and didn't want to wait weeks or months as our fishing season here is fairly short. A fellow BRP posted a video (video below) on making your own homemade Teckel Sprinker Frogs and I quickly ordered the parts off of Amazon and just put 2 frogs together. I used Booyah Pad Crasher Jrs. I don't know why the people at 44 Tackle chose the Jr. over the regular size, but I just did what they did. The frogs are $6.95 each which isn't bad for a frog. What I did not do was pull the legs out and superglue the hole shut, I merely cut the legs short since I didn't have superglue. If it becomes a problem I can always pull them out and superglue later. Also, I used a scissors to cut the tail off of the Gambler swimbait rather than a knife because I thought it would give me a more consistent cut. 1.) Gambler Big EZ swimbait - $5.50 (per 5 - $1.10 ea.) 2.) Spro Power Swivel - size 6 - $3.01$ (per 10 - $0.31 ea.) 3.) Eagle Split Ring - size 7 - $3.99 (per 10 - $0.40 ea.) 4.) Owner CPS - size Large - $7.86 (per 8 - $0.98 ea.) 5.) Booyah Pad Crasher Jr. - $6.95 Each homemade frog total cost: $9.74 Each Teckel Sprinker Frog Tail if you use pre-owned Frog: $2.79 Normal Teckel Sprinker Frog price: $13.99 Hopefully this helps some folks out. Good fishing!